Speech Sound

Famous quotes containing the words speech and/or sound:

“What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“some petals fall
with that sound one
listens for....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)